It quickly became clear the threat of Trump calling a national emergency to break the 29-day deadlock was not going to happen.

It seems the president was hoping 3 year of legislative relief package for DACA migrants, a 3 year extension of temporary protected status, and $800 million for “urgent humanitarian assistance" might sway democrats.

Trump began his announcement by saying: "I am here today to break the logjam and provide Congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown."

But shortly before he spoke, top Democrat Nancy Pelosi said the offer was "unacceptable" and did not "represent a good-faith effort to restore certainty to people's lives".

About one-quarter of government programs have been partially shut down due to a lack of funding, with roughly 800,000 federal employees going without pay.

Democrats have said they want government reopened before they discuss immigration.

Under Trump's new deal, about 700,000 "dreamers” would be protected for another three years, as well as 300,000 people living in the US under Temporary Protected Status, which is granted to people whose native countries were hit with natural disasters and political turmoil.

None of Trump’s sweeteners provided a path to citizenship for either group.

The announcement turned out to be an attempt to put the ball back in the Democrats court.

But, as the shutdown appears to be hurting the president most in the polls, it seems Democrats aren’t about to budge.

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Trump played every card in his immigration arsenal during his speech.

He listed the threat drugs and illegal immigrants posed - some of which were either inaccurate of demonstrably false.

He said 78,000 Americans were killed every year by drugs, while omitting that the vast majority of narcotics actually arrived in the US via legal ports of entry.

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